Ladybirds Sing Too

Related links:* Threshold Conversations: Feminism in the Wild, with Ambika Kamath and Melina Packer. Listen here.* One of Michelle Hall’s most important papers: Female song is widespread and ancestral in songbirds, Odom, K., Hall, M., Riebel, K. Nature Communications (2014).* A more recent paper Michelle was involved in: Global incidence of female birdsong is predicted by territoriality and biparental care in songbirds, Odom, K.J., Araya-Salas, M., Benedict, L. et al. Nature Communications (2025). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit letterstoearthlings.substack.com/subscribe